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Table 1 Demographic and clinical features of CMUSE and SBCD patients

From: Retrospective study of the differential diagnosis between cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis and small bowel Crohn’s disease

Characteristics

CMUSE

SBCD

P value

N

n (%) or median/mean

N

n (%) or median/mean

Demographics

 Gender (male, n (%))

14

8 (57.1)

61

34 (55.7)

0.924

 Disease duration (months, median(P25,P75))

14

33.5 (11.3–168.0)

61

24.0 (5.5–84.0)

0.320

The history of appendectomy (n (%))

14

5 (35.7)

61

13 (21.3)

0.429

Medication history of NSAIDs for more than two weeks (n (%))

14

0 (0.0)

61

0 (0.0)

1.000

BMI (mean ± SD)

7

18.68 ± 1.65

49

19.25 ± 3.32

0.659

General symptoms (n (%))

 Fever

14

3 (21.4)

61

29 (47.5)

0.075

 Weakness

14

8 (57.1)

61

27 (44.3)

0.384

 Weight loss

14

8 (64.3)

61

48 (78.7)

0.429

Gastrointestinal symptoms (n (%))

 Poor appetite

14

6 (42.9)

61

37 (60.7)

0.225

 Hematochezia

14

10 (71.4)

61

23 (37.7)

0.022

 Abdominal pain

14

11 (85.7)

61

56 (91.8)

0.844

 Intestinal distention

14

8 (57.1)

61

25 (41.0)

0.272

 Vomiting

14

8 (57.1)

61

27 (44.3)

0.384

 Diarrhea

14

0 (0.0)

61

23 (37.7)

0.015

 Abdominal mass

14

4 (28.6)

61

21 (34.4)

0.917

 Perianal lesions

14

1 (7.1)

61

3 (4.9)

0.571

Extra-intestinal manifestations (n (%))

14

3 (23.1)

61

28 (45.9)

0.130

 Oral ulcers

14

2 (14.3)

61

21 (34.4)

0.249

 Genital ulcers

14

0 (0.0)

61

3 (4.9)

1.000

 Joint pain

14

0 (0.0)

61

11 (18.0)

0.139

 Skin lesions

14

1 (7.1)

61

5 (8.2)

1.000

Gastrointestinal complications (n (%))

 Perforation

14

0 (0.0)

61

2 (3.3)

1.000

 Fistula

14

0 (0.0)

61

5 (8.2)

0.607

 Intestinal stenosis

14

14 (100.0)

61

37 (60.7)

0.011

 Abscess

14

0 (0.0)

61

3 (4.9)

1.000

Disease distribution (n (%))

 Jejunum

14

4 (28.6)

61

27 (44.3)

0.282

 Ileum

14

13 (92.9)

61

57 (93.4)

1.000

 Upper gastrointestinal tract

14

1 (7.1)

61

6 (9.8)

1.000

 Terminal ileum

14

4 (28.6)

61

38 (62.3)

0.022

 Ileocecal valve

14

2 (14.3)

61

12 (19.7)

0.931

  1. CMUSE cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis; SBCD small bowel Crohn’s disease; NSAIDs non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs; BMI: body mass index